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Day 1 Arrive in Beijing
ransfer via:International Flight on your own arrangement
Upon your arrival, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. Then you will spend the rest of the day exploring the nearby streets, or resting and catching up on your jet lag. Beijing is a city of amazing contrasts - an ancient capital with some incredible historical sites, and a bustling modern metropolis. -
Day 2 Beijing (B, L )
Sightseeing:Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven
Unique Cultural Performance: Peking Opera Show
Today is the highlight of Beijing city tour. At the beginning of this day we join with thousands of local people who practice Tai Chi Chuan at the Temple of Heaven before breakfast. If you like you can learn it quick and join in or just watch, don’t hesitate yourselves! The Temple of Heaven, built in 1420A.D, is the place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties would offer sacrifice to heaven and pray for good harvests. Then we go on visiting Tiananmen Square, the biggest square in the world that lies in the center of the city. It's the symbol of Beijing and ranked No. 1 in the 16 new scenic highlights of Beijing. Then you will have the privilege to experience ancient emperor's daily life. In the afternoon we will visit the Forbidden City, from which the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties governed for over 500 years. It is the essence and a must for sightseeing in Beijing, the magnificent and solemn palaces arouse your imagination of the life of Chinese emperors. In the evening you will be taken to the Liyuan Theatre to enjoy Beijing's spectacular Peking Opera. -
Day 3 Beijing (B, L, D)
Sightseeing: Badaling Great Wall, Ming Tomb, Sacred Road
Special Dinner: Peking Duck Dinner
Depart from your hotel after breakfast. Spending about 1.5 hours to be transferred outside the city to the surrounding countryside to visit the Great Wall at Badaling, one of the most remarkable feats of mankind, built over 2,000 years ago. You will be able to climb and walk on one of the best preserved sections of the ancient wall, admiring the splendid mountain scenery.
After lunch at a local restaurant, visit the fabled Ming Tombs, the resting places of thirteen emperors and their splendid treasures. Passing down the Sacred Road, a road lined with statues of dignitaries, as well as huge elephants, lions, camels and horses, you will encounter the marble tombs of the Ming Dynasty emperors. Visit one of the spectacular tombs--Dingling--featuring an underground palace.
Later you will be transferred back to Beijing city. On the way back to hotel, you will be driven to visit the main 2008 Beijing Olympic venues, take an exterior visit of both the Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest/Olympic Stadium) National Swimming Centre ('The Water Cube'), and feel free to take some photos of the stadiums. In the evening, enjoy the famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner. -
Day 4 Beijing (B, L )
Sightseeing: Hutongs tour by Rickshaw, Summer Palace
ISpecial Lunch: Chinese Traditional Dumplings lunch
Today’s full excursion is started from Hutongs，a maze of historic alleyways and old single storey traditional courtyard houses, now fast disappearing. Dotted around the hutong are the Drum and Bell Towers, Tea House, and local people's houses. You will sit in the rickshaw to enjoy the local common Hutong life. Your tour also includes a visit with a local family and enjoying the dumplings lunch, if you are interested, the housewife will teach you how to make dumplings. Dumplings is a kind of main food for Chinese people, and it is also the traditional food for Spring Festival.
We continue to visit the Summer Palace. The palace is positioned in the west suburb of Beijing, about 12 kilometers northwest of the city center. Equally famous as the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace is called 'Yiheyuan' (Garden of Nurtured Harmony) in Chinese. It is up to now the best preserved and the largest imperial gardens in China. You may regret it if you come to Beijing without visiting this grand imperial garden.
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Day 5 Beijing (B, L )
Sightseeing: Temple Fair, Xiushui Market
Unique Visiting: Spring Festival Temple Fair
After breakfast, you will be arranged to visit a famous Beijing Temple Fair. The ancient temple fairs in Beijing now are only held during the Spring Festival, reliving the traditions of the past as well as being the opportunities for celebration and entertainment in the present day. You can expect Folk performances: stilt-walking and drum performances, etc. You can also taste many kinds of snacks. Snacks are displayed in lines of booths; Shop around: Most of the temple fair places are full with stalls providing various small cheap products. It's a great insight into the lives of Beijing people in the past and present.
Then after typical Chinese lunch at a nice restaurant, you will enjoy the best shopping site in Beijing- Xiushui Market. The market near the embassy area where you can find a number of duplicates of clothing in traditional Chinese style such as clothes, caps, gloves. Enjoy bargains with sellers and pleasant surprise of finding a real treasure if you are lucky enough.
You will fly to Xi’an later. Arrive in Xi’an, you will be met and transferred to hotel by our local guide. -
Day 6 Xi’an (B,L )
Sightseeing: Terra-cotta Warriors, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Bell Tower
Unique Cultural Performance: Tang Dynasty Show
After breakfast in the hotel, you will set off for the incredible 2000 year-old Terra cotta warriors. It is the greatest archaeological findings of the century: the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at Emperor Qin's tomb. More than 7000 figures in full battle array are formed for battle in several large pits. This is your mummy tour in China instead of Egypt.
Then you continue to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda where Famous Buddhist Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his well-preserved collection of classic Buddhist artifacts brought from India in Tang Dynasty. Later we go on to the Bell Tower: The wooden tower, which is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in China, is 36 meters (118 feet) high.
This evening you will enjoy a very spectacular and elaborate Tang Dynasty Show with dancing, traditional Chinese music and probably the most beautiful Chinese girls in town. -
Day 7 Xi’an/Shanghai
Transfer via: Domestic flight on our arrangement
Sightseeing: Ancient City Wall, Great Mosque, Shanghai Bund, Nanjing Road
Today you will experience a half-hour's hike along the Ancient City Wall. It is the largest and best preserved present city wall in ancient China and is probably the best military battlement in the world. You can rent a bicycle for a ride along the top of the one-thousand-year old city wall.
Then we continue to drive to the Great Mosque of Xian, the largest and best preserved of the early mosques of China. It was built primarily in the Ming Dynasty when Chinese architectural elements were synthesized into mosque architecture facing Mecca with its courtyard from east to west. This is the sacred place for Silk Road traders and travelers to worship Allah. It remains a popular tourist site of Xi'an, and is still used by Chinese Muslims (mainly the Hui people) today as a place of worship.
In the evening you will fly to Shanghai, you will be met and transferred to hotel by our local guide. Then you can take a walk to the Bund, and the Nanjing Road for relaxation. -
Day 8 Shanghai (B, L )
Sightseeing: Jade Buddha Temple, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Yuyuan Garden, Town's God Temple
Unique Cultural Performance: Tang Dynasty Show
Today we will start the day with a visit of Shanghai Museum: The biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics. It is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings and calligraphy.
Then we head to the Jade Buddha Temple, the old-time and classical architectural style makes the temple unique and inimitable in this modern city. Both the Sitting Buddha and the Recumbent Buddha are carved with whole white jade. If you're lucky, you can watch the monks serving a ceremony in a side room.
After lunch, we will visit the Oriental Pearl TV Tower: the highest TV Tower in Asia, creating a picture of 'twin dragons playing with pearls'. The entire scene is a photographic jewel that excites the imagination and attracts thousands of visitors year-round. Then we take a relaxing walk to the lovely Yuyuan Garden, the most beautiful garden by the south of the yangtzee River. The garden was finished in 1577. Wandering in the area of Yule Pavilion and Wanhua Chamber, you will find pavilions, corridors, streams, courtyards as well as many other natural features.
Later we will walk into the Town's God Temple: Old City God's Temple is a major yet relatively inactive, Taoist temple in Shanghai.A spring temple fair will be open in the Town's God Temple Square. Various old works of art drew attention, and all kinds of folk performances were staged showing the traditional Shanghai flavor. -
Day 9 Depart from Shanghai ( B )
Transfer via: International Flight on your own arrangement
Your time is your own, until our guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to your next destination.
Your special Chinese Spring Festival tour ends here.
You will be free until the guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to your next destination.
Your special Chinese Spring Festival tour ends here.
| Group Size | First Class | Deluxe Class | Tourist Class |
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| 1 person | $2358 | $2010 | $1734 |
| 2-5 persons | $1530 | $1314 | $1197 |
| 6-9 persons | $1347 | $1150 | $1015 |
| Single room supplement | $550 | $370 | $248 |
VisitOurChina converts Chinese RMB to US Dollars at a rate of RMB 6.8 = US$1 for our quotations. VisitOurChina currently quotes tour prices in US Dollars on our web site to give you an idea of the tour cost and quote in RMB to you at the time when you are making bookings.
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Price include
A. Entrance fees to scenic spots as listed above in the itinerary.
B. Meals: All meals as specified in the itinerary.
C. Private Transfers: Among airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in the above cities by the private air conditioned vehicle.
D. Guide and Driver: As outlined in the itinerary, a well selected English-speaking guide and driver will accompany you throughout the entire tour in that city. They do not fly with you from one city to another.
E. Hotels: Hotel Based on two persons sharing one room with twin beds. All hotels as listed in the above itinerary serve daily western or Chinese breakfast. All rooms are air-conditioned with private facilities unless specified.
F. Transportation: Domestic flights or trains as listed in the itinerary.
G. Airport tax and the fuel fee have been charged with the flight tickets.
H. Luggage Transfers: Between airports and hotels.
I. Service Charge & Government Taxes.
K. Travel insurance in mainland China during the above travel period.
L. Arrangements: The tour cost includes planning, handling, operational and communication charges.
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Price Exclude
A. Entry or Exit China International Airfare or train tickets.
B. Visa Fees.
C. Excess Baggage Charges.
D. Personal Expenses: Expenses of a purely personal nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are not included in the itinerary.
E. Meals: Any meals which are not specified with "B", "L" or "D".
F. Single room Supplement.
G. Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip.
H. Gratuities, Tips to Guides and Drivers.
| City | First Class | Deluxe Class | Tourist Class |
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| Beijing | Wangfujing Grand Hotel, Beijing | Sunworld Hotel Beijing | Red Wall Hotel, Beijing |
| Xian | Hyatt Regency Hotel | Bell Tower Hotel | Melody Hotel Xian |
| Shanghai | Shanghai Jinjiang Hotel | Holiday Inn Downtown Shanghai | Charms Hotel Shanghai |
